Platform Infrastructure Intern — Automation & Systems

Bessemer Trust; Port Reading (NJ); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bessemer Trust is seeking a Platform Engineering Intern to join its infrastructure team in Port Reading, NJ. You’ll help automate, maintain, and improve systems in a hybrid environment, with VMware, Windows and Linux servers, and IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible.

This hands-on role emphasizes automation over software development. You will learn by doing, contribute to playbooks, and collaborate with senior engineers during a summer internship program at our New York headquarters and nearby

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in, or recently completed, a degree in computer science, IT, systems administration, or related field.
• Basic scripting ability in any language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) for automating tasks.
• Comfort with command line on Windows and Linux; curiosity about how systems, networks, and servers work.

Responsibilities

• Assist with automating, maintaining, and improving infrastructure.
• Support a hybrid environment that includes VMware virtualization and Windows/Linux servers.
• Contribute to infrastructure as code practices using Terraform and Ansible.
• Join a summer internship program with coaching and professional development sessions.

Skills

Scripting languages

Education

Computer science/IT related degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

VMware

Windows

Linux

Job description

Bessemer Trust is seeking a Platform Engineering Intern to join its infrastructure team in Port Reading, NJ. You’ll help automate, maintain, and improve systems in a hybrid environment, with VMware, Windows and Linux servers, and IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible.

This hands-on role emphasizes automation over software development. You will learn by doing, contribute to playbooks, and collaborate with senior engineers during a summer internship program at our New York headquarters and nearby